lost .db file

[umityaz]

Hi, mydatabase.db file is missing. I've tried

prostrct builddb c:\myFolder\myDatabase c:\myFolder\myDatabase.st

it gives an error message saying "_dbutil.exe stopped working".

Is there a way to recreate .db file? Or is ist possible to get data from myDatabase.d1 file without having .db file?

 

[Rob Fitzpatrick]

Are you certain that your structure file is up to date? Does it list all the areas and extents in your database?

 

[umityaz]

Yes, I'm positive. My structure file is very simple;

#
b C:\myFolder\myDatabase.b1
#
d "Schema Area":6,64;1 C:\myFolder\myDatabase.d1

I have b1,d1,lg,st files in the same folder.

 

[Rob Fitzpatrick]

That looks to me like proutil is crashing rather than throwing an error.

First you had a database file that "went missing", and now you have a misbehaving proutil. It shouldn't crash, so you should open a case with TS.

I have seen an instance where proutil crashed on Windows, and we traced it to a corrupted binary. We overwrote _dbutil.exe with a copy of that same file from another machine with the identical version and service pack, and that resolved the issue. You could give that a try, or try reinstalling Progress.

You might also want to examine the health of your file system and disk(s).

 

[Rob Fitzpatrick]

And if that doesn't work, you may have no option but to restore your database from your backup, and AI files if any.